Patents by Inventor Xiaofei Fu

Xiaofei Fu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Multi-path management
    Patent number: 9535631
    Abstract: The invention discloses a multi-path management method and system for managing paths over which an IO is routed from a host to multiple logical volumes (LUNs) of a storage system, wherein the multiple LUNs of the storage system are mapped to the host, and the method comprises: grouping LUNs with the same paths between the host and the storage system into a group of LUNs; and using one path selection thread for all of LUNs in the group of LUNs to manage the same paths. The method and system lower the amount of work for path management and the amount of required resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
    Inventors: Xiaofei Fu, Jiale Hu, Peng Shi, Zhihua Yu, Yaodong Zhang
  • MULTI-PATH MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20150058558
    Abstract: The invention discloses a multi-path management method and system for managing paths over which an IO is routed from a host to multiple logical volumes (LUNs) of a storage system, wherein the multiple LUNs of the storage system are mapped to the host, and the method comprises: grouping LUNs with the same paths between the host and the storage system into a group of LUNs; and using one path selection thread for all of LUNs in the group of LUNs to manage the same paths. The method and system lower the amount of work for path management and the amount of required resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Xiaofei Fu, Jiale Hu, Peng Shi, Zhihua Yu, Yaodong Zhang